'DESPERATE’

Honeymooning couple quarantined on ‘coronavirus cruise’ beg Trump for help

A HONEYMOONING couple quarantined on a “coronavirus cruise ship” have begged Donald Trump for help.

Milena Basso and her husband Gaetano Cerullo are trapped on the quarantined Diamond Princess off the coast of Japan, with at least 64 cases of the killer virus confirmed on board.

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Milena Basso and Gaetano Cerullo are trapped on board the shipCredit: CNN
the vessel.

Ashley Rhodes-Courter, an American whose parents are on the boat, said she hoped US officials would be able to help her parents leave.

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She said: “They are all breathing circulated contaminated air so they could be getting everyone infected.”

And British passenger David Abel described the ship as a “floating prison”.

The cruise company Carnival Corporation said in a statement earlier this week: “Guests will continue to be provided complimentary internet and telephone to use in order to stay in contact with their family and loved ones, and the ship’s crew is working to keep all guests comfortable.”


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Eight Americans were among 64 people aboard the Princess Diamond cruise ship to have coronavirusCredit: Getty Images - Getty
Some 2,000 passengers on board the cruise ship have been quarantined as cases of the virus emerged on the shipCredit: Reuters
Ambulances arrived to take passengers confirmed to have the virus off the shipCredit: Getty Images - Getty
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